Year of the Artist Archives - Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Joe Kubert, and the graphic novel is Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965, which was published by DC and is cover dated May 2010. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Joe Kubert, and the issues are Detective Comics #500 and Batman #400, which were published by DC and are cover dated March 1981 and October 1986, respectively, and Tor #3, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated August 1993. The Tor scans are from Tor by Joe Kubert volume 3, which was published by DC in 2003. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Joe Kubert, and the issue is Tarzan #220, which was published by DC and is cover dated June 1973. These scans are from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Joe Kubert Years volume 2, which was published by Dark Horse in 2006. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Joe Kubert, and the issues are The Brave and the Bold #1 and Our Army at War #104 and #162, which were published by DC and are cover dated August/September 1955, March 1961, and January 1966 respectively. The “Viking Prince” scans are from The Viking Prince hardcover, which was published in 2010, while the solo Sergeant Rock story is from Showcase Presents Sgt. Rock volume 1, which was published in 2007. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Joe Kubert, and the issues are All-New Comics #10 and Black Cat #2, which were published by Harvey and are cover dated September 1944 and August/September 1946, respectively; Hollywood Confessions #2 and Son of Sinbad #1, which were published by St. John and are cover dated December 1949 and February 1950, respectively; The Hawk #2, which was published by Ziff-Davis and is cover dated Summer 1952; and Three Stooges #1 and Meet Miss Pepper #5, which were published by St. John and are cover dated September 1953 and April 1954, respectively. All of these scans are from Weird Horrors and Daring Adventures: The Joe Kubert Archives volume 1, which was published by Fantagraphics in 2012. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Wallace Wood, and the story is “To Kill a God!” in Vampirella #12, which was published by Warren and is cover dated July 1971, as well as “Sally Forth” #4 and excerpts from “Cannon,” which were published in Overseas Weekly in 1971-1974. The scans of Vampirella and “Sally Forth” are from WoodWork: Wallace Wood 1927-1981, which was published by IDW/Éditions Déesse in 2012, while those from “Cannon” are from Cannon, the hardcover collection published by Fantagraphics in 2014. Enjoy! And yes, it’s late-era Wood, so it’s pretty Not Safe For Work below!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Wallace Wood, and the story is “Me-262!” in Blazing Combat #4, which was published by Warren and is cover dated July 1966. These scans are from the hardcover collection, which was published by Fantagraphics in 2009. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Wallace Wood, and the issue is Daredevil #6, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated February 1965. These scans are from Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil volume 1, which was published 2003. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Wallace Wood, and the issues are Shock SuspenStories #8 and 9, Two-Fisted Tales #34, Weird Science-Fantasy #23, and MAD magazine #13, all of which were published by EC and are cover dated April/May 1953, June/July 1953, July/August 1953, March 1954, and July 1954. The scans of the first two stories are from Came the Dawn and Other Stories, which was published by Fantagraphics in 2012, and the next three stories are from WoodWork: Wallace Wood 1927-1981, which was published by IDW/Éditions Déesse in 2012. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Wallace Wood, and the issues are Amazing Adventures #1, which was published by Ziff-Davis Publishing and is cover dated 1950, Crime SuspenStories #1, which was published by EC and is cover dated October/November 1950, and Eerie #2, which was published by Avon Periodicals and is cover dated August/September 1951. The scans of the first story are from Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction, which was published by Vanguard in 2012, the second story is from Came the Dawn and Other Stories, which was published by Fantagraphics in 2012, and the third story is from Wally Wood: Eerie Tales of Crime and Horror, which was published by Vanguard in 2013. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Jim Steranko, and the issues are Heavy Metal magazine vol. 5, no. 3; no. 4; no. 7; and no. 10 , which were published by HM Communications and are cover dated June, July, and October 1981 and January 1982. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Jim Steranko, and the issues are Captain America #111 and #113, which were published by Marvel and are cover dated March and May 1969, respectively. These scans are from Marvel Masterworks: Captain America volume 3, which came out in 2014 (well, my printing did). Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Jim Steranko, and the issues are Strange Tales #154, 157, 165-167 and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-3, which were published by Marvel and are cover dated March and June 1967 and February, March, April, June, July, and August 1968, respectively. These scans are from Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. volume 2, which came out in 2009. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Frank Miller, and the issues are Fanboy #5 and The Dark Knight Strikes Again #3, both of which were published by DC and are cover dated July 1999 and [February] 2002, respectively. Enjoy!Continue Reading »

Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today’s artist is Frank Miller, and the issues are Dark Horse Presents #114 and 300 #5, both of which were published by Dark Horse and are cover dated October 1996 and September 1998, respectively. Enjoy!Continue Reading »